jon: that gordon is something. jenna: makes you wants to go racing. jon: tkaeug began mcdowell wants to know how he got miss mojo back. megyn welcome everyone. democrats suffer two losses.

welcome to "america live," i'm megyn kelly. one headline reads republicans pulling off twin defeats if special elections in both states. first republican back turner taking a house seat held by democrats in new york since the 1920s. here is turner, the republican shortly after his stunning win. >> this is a historic race. we've been asked by the people of this district to send a and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum, and we're ready to say, mr. president we are oning wrong track. i just want to be our guy and your voice, and i think we have

lit one candle today, and there is going to be a bon fire pretty soon when they fully understand it. [applause] megyn then there is a nevada, a state that president obama narrowly won back in 2008. republican mark amaday taking the election from kate marshal and winning by a 22-point margin in a case that the old state was really watching. chris stirewalt is is with us. let's talk about what is happening in new york. this is from politico talking about democratic donorsnd strategists commiserated over obama calling the mood office. people feel afraid, disappointed, disgusted and hopeless, and one and on it goes, they believe the race was not so much about the democrat, but about president obama. >> reporter: right you heard from the republican, that's what they meant to do, they made it a

referendum on president obama. they made it a refe referendum on his policies against israel. it's something that the jewish american poll lacing doesn't like. it's something that certainly the israeli as don't like. they don't like the president's economic policies. they were trying to send a deliberate message to the white house that says, look, you cannot count ounce in 2012 and we want you to hear that right now. megyn megyn today they are giving a different message, it's no big deal, that seat is going to get eliminated any way. it's more about what a poor campaign weprin led . >> reporter: it sounds like what they said when martha coakley lost to could the brown in 2009 and the democratic senatorial

commit see said, oh, this is one race, she was a crummy canned day see what you dissatisfied democrats and democratic leaning independents saying i'm done with this. i'm going the other way here, and that is the problem. as they look to other states where voters like this. blue collar voters, jewish-american voters and others around the country are acting and giving their donation tph-s this crucial phase they've got to be worried skwraot president's policy with respect to israel turned out to be a very big issue in that race. we'll talk more about that in a short bit. thank you. both republican winners bob turner in new york and mark am ma day will join us from nevada at the top of our next hour.

he'll tell us what message he thinks the voters are trying to send to washington. another fox news alert. lawmakers demanding new answers from the white house today about a tax-payer fund -d loan gone bad. more than half a billion dollars approved for a solar panel manufacturer that was politically connected, and is w bankrupt. the f.b.i. raiding that company solyndra just a few days ago. here is how it all unfolded if you haven't been paying close attention to this. just a few weeks before president obama took office in january of 2009 the bush energy department says this loan, it's a biggie, needed morey view. about two months later a white house budget analyst wrote a warning email saying, quote, this deal is not ready for prime-time. but just days later on march 12th and 13th george kaiser paid a visit to the white house, at least his name is on the white house visitor logs, he has been identified as a major

investor in solyndra. you've got the government saying this deal is not ready for prime-time, and then george kaiser shows up on a visitor log. a week later the white house announces conditional approval for the loan. eye first loan for the obama administration. in may and june that same guy george kaiser visits the white house again. in august 200 the the white house asks the house of management and budget if it can speed along final approval of the loan. on december 3rd the deal is done. solyndra and the department of energy enter a financial agreement. fast forward to may of 2010. president obama comes out and tells the american people, quote, companies like solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future. that brings us to exactly two weeks ago august 31st solyndra announces it is suspending operations and firing off, laying off 1100 workers. the f.b.i. raid comes a few days later. so what is the administration

saying now? our chief white house corresponden correspondent ed henry is live where this is getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: there is a house committee holding a big hearing on this. there are administration officials testifying. a lot of new questions raised at that hearing including a slew of emails in 2009 within this administration ahead of a talk that vice president biden gave in the fall of 2009 to this company solyndra around the time just after they had this white house had officially approved the loan, then a flurry of more emails ahead of president obama's visit in the spring of 2010 to the actual solyndra headquarters. you mentioned that the president went there and spoke. bottom line that jay carney a short time ago told the reporters on the record about all the emails, what the emails make clear there is an urgency to make a decision on a scheduling manner.

it is to schedule a mountains or put on an event. people were looking for answers on whether or not people could move forward, they mean move forward on scheduling, for example, the president's visit in 2010. you and i both know the big question moving forward is were these emails really about schedule asking or were there people on the receiving end? some of the bean counters within the government who are career officials and were deciding whether or not to move forward on the loan and then down the road whether or not to restructure the loan. did they take these emails saying, hey, look the president is going to be going to this company, are we moving forward on some of this money? did they sake that to mea that to mean a scheduling matter or to mean pressure to move forward on all of this. if you're a career level government official in the middle of all this getting emails from top people in the building behind me saying we really want the president to go there, that may lead to a feeling among the recipient of that email that, look, they want

the president to go there because they want the money. i've talked to white house officials that insist to me, look there was absolutely no political pressure here and so far the emails do not show political pressure but i think that is one of the issues moving forward whether the people on the receiving end felt there was pressure. megyn thank you, sir, i appreciate it. a massive search underway for a missing gasoline tanker, the truck stolen in warton maryland, it is packed with thousands of gallons of gasoline. nothing points to terrorism says the f.b.i. but they are not taking any chances given the recent terror alert. updates on them as we get them. new searches today for a utah mother who has been mission for nearly two years. susan powell vanished without a trace back in 2009. since then there's been numerous searches, a lot of finger pointing between family members and even claims that she allegedly had a sexual

relationship with her father-in-law. the father-in-law is the one making those claims. her family says it's ridiculous. today investigators are back combing a new section of the utah desert hoping to find any sign of the mother of two. trace gallagher has an update from our west coast newsroom. why this search, why now two years later, trace. >> reporter: that's the question, megyn because this search in the topaz mountains, 30 miles from where susan powell lived with her family. police won't tell us exactly what they are searching for. these dogs specialize in finding decomposed body. clearly the signal is they are searching for the remains of susan powell. this is near the area where josh powell says he took his two young sons camping, remember that, back in december of 09, in the subject freezing temperatures the night that susan power disappeared. police clearly believe they are acting on good information. listen to this. >> we think he was out here that night, we don't know, we just

really don't know. >> and he won't tell you. >> and he won't tell us that is correct. but the possibility of him being out here is definitely there, and that's why we're here. >> reporter: the times is very serious, josh lives with his father up in washington state, steve. and this whole thing came out, the police raided his home they went in there, they took out journals and property and that's when susan powell's father-in-law, josh's father, steve as you alluded to earlier said he had a sexually charged relationship with susan, that he was falling in love with her and he believed she was falling in love with him. the only thing josh would say about that is his wife was very sexual. the question is did information that came out of that raid lead them back to the utah desert? that's what we hope to find out in the days and hours to come, megyn. he's the only person, josh powell, by the way who is a person of interest in susan powell's disappearance.

megyn trace, thanks. well bob turner just accomplished what no republican has been able to do in almost 90 years, winning election to congress in a district held by democrats since 1923. in three minutes he will join me with more on his win and why he believes it is a harbinger of things to come in 2012. the state of michigan wants doctors to keep track of your child's weight for records and research. the conoversy and the fallout over that plan. a millionaire's wife is shot five times in the face. he says he was trying to stop her from committing suicide, prosecutors say he is the killer. we'll go in-depth on this story and bring you the details behind the suspect's bizarre jailhouse danc in this video. >> diane is dead. >> oh, no. >> and it's not real pretty right now. and nobody knows about it but

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megyn just a few hours agnew lee elected congressman bob turner received a congratulatory phone call from his democratic opponent david weibren. he beat him in a special election tuesday. in new yor new york city for the open seat of disgraced congressman anthony weiner. he is the first republican in 90 years. he joins me right here. congratulations to you. >> thank you, megyn, thanks to be here. megyn shocked? >> no. megyn why not? >> i expected to win.

megyn 90 years, not even shocked a little bit. megyn i liv i've lived in this district my hole life. i had high ear to the ground. i sensed the mood of the people and i'm not surprised. megyn the democrats are blaming this on a lot of things but we are hearing, it's all anthony weiner's fault. he turned off the district with his antics and sex thing he was doing and they didn't want to give the seat to another democrat. >> i think anthony weiner is history. i don't think he was even a factor in this case. megyn who was the factor. >> president obama loud and clear. megyn how so? >> the people in this district are really unhappy with his treatment of israel, it's a very large jewish district. they are very unhappy with jobs, the deficit, and our inability to return to prosperity, an

administration that is perceived antibusiness. there is enough to work on here. megyn you have democrats 3-1 in this district. there weren't enough of them still in president obama's camp to say i'm still going to do what i've done every election in my whole life, and that is vote blue? >> i think people are thinking, and the issues are clear, and they are clearer than party loyalties. this district has voted for republicans, foe voted for guiliani, they voted for bloomberg, and i think when the time is right, and the issues are clear, they'll cross party khraoeupbs. megyn why do you think this is a har bin skwrer of things to come in 2012. >> i think the country is on the wrong course badly, and the house has not provided the leadership or policies to correct it. people are going to vote, and vote against them, and they have. megyn when you go out in your district when you were campin

campaigning and you would talk to democrats, which you have to do. what would people say about president obama? what would they say, i voted to president obama but -- how would they explain the flip? >> they may not mention president obama, but the underlying issues of jobs and the economy and what was being done about it would resonate constantly, and the fact is there is no leadership in these areas, so -- megyn you're it. >> afraid so. megyn talk to me about israel. that became a big issue. the democrats put david weibrin out, he's an orthodox jew. it was sort of like trust me, i've got israel's back. but israel was a big issues in this. >> indeed it is. and mr. weprin said i will find

from the inside. and i side i will oppose the president and we have to send him a message tha his policies will not be tolerated. megyn how big a issue do you think that is? new york in general has a high jew is population and it tend to vote democratic and yet we saw something very different yesterday in your district. >> i think israel was a very important issue for the large part of the population. jobs and the economy were still the overarching issue but israel was very important to a large number of people, and they do not trust this president. megyn bob turner, thank you so much for coming in. all the best to you and congrats. >> thanks. megyn it's not over yet, don't get in my shofplt he'll learn, he's a political outsider, see. >> it's true, sorry, i thought we were done. megyn you sit there, it's not over yet. plus folks an important campaign reminder, fox news and a little company you might have heard of named google are getting ready

to host the next republican presidential debate on september 22nd in orlando, florida, a week from tomorrow. bret baier will be moderating, i'll be on the panel along with chris wallace. you can be on the panel as well. we are taking your questions via google or youtube. the best ones are the simple ones. we are not full, we are taking submissions and deciding which ones are the best. go to youtube.com/fox news. here is one from a fox viewer now. >> my question is if you were forced to eliminate one department from the federal government, which one would you eliminate and why. thank you. megyn pretty simple. we'll have more of those viewer questions ahead of the debate. taking your submissions now. coming up a union worker let's loose on a tv news crew and it is all on tape. we have the video of the

profanity and threat-filled attack that landed one man in handcuffs. a mom getting handcuffs of her own after bringing her daughter to school to fight another student, and that is not even the worst part of the story. the details are just ahead. stay tuned.

megyn: we are hearing about a controversial new plan being unveiled by michigan's governor. governor rick snyder a republican looking to tackle the issue of childhood obesity. directing doctors to monitor their young patient's weight and give the data to the state. we hear the childrens identity would remain anonymous. arkansas came under fire in 2002 when they passed a ru rule to

send parents information such as that. u.s. and nasa officials unveiling plans for the multibillion-dollar space launch system today. the program hopes to send space crews to astroids, mars and beyond with a new and improved rocket system. the only catch? we are only about 6 years and $35 billion away. trace gallagher in our west coast newsroom with more on that one, trace. >> reporter: not exactly to infiniti and along like buzz light year would say. yep it's $35 billion which is a boat load of money for people who say they can't afford to put any more shuttles up in the air. thinks the rendering of it. it looks like the saturn 5 rocket used to launch the apollo missions. if you look on the side it has two solid rocket boost sisters.

it will call 35 billion. their hopes are that this thing can stay in space with that orion lunar orbiter for about 6 to 900 days. that will give you a lot of time to go out there and explore new worlds. listen. >> the next chapter of the space exploration story is being written today. day i'm pleased to announce that nasa has selected the design of its new deep system that will take astronauts further into space than any nation has gone before and create jobs right here at home. >> reporter: you heard the jobs thing there, nasa is hoping to use the same people who did the apollo space missions, and the shuttles, to use and build that because of continuity, because of experience, but you have critics who are in private space industry saying that is a boondoggle. that's $35 billion, that's

wasted. private industry could do it better and cheaper and kay bailey hutchinson and bill nelson the senators, are trying to keep jobs in their home states. nasa says it's watching every penny very closely, megyn. megyn: it has a lot of pennies to watch. thank you. a bizarre murder trial getting started in florida right now. a millio millionaire's wife shot dead. he is accused of killing her. there is much more to this case than meets the eye. we'll show you why and go in-depth on the story behind this bizarre jailhouse dance by the defendant. look at this. what is he doing? and get your dance shoes ready, the hit show "dancing with the stars" set to premiere a few days from now. one doctor says you should not let your children watch. we will be our guest today. there are serious questions about why the government length half a billion dollars to a

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megyn: president obama, pushing his jobs bill at north carolina state university in raleigh, among other things, the president says his plan will cut taxes for businesses that raise the salaries of current workers.

natalie's holloway wants the missing teenager to be declared legally dead, he filed court request for that, but his mother, beth holloway plans to fight the effort. natalie vanished to a trip to aruba six years ago. >> children under age will no longer have -- under age 12 will no longer have to take off their shoes, they will avoid the patdown method for younger children as well. how about that? >> one of the top stories today, tough new questions for the white house about why it loaned a half billion dollars to a solar panel company that just went bankrupt a couple of weeks ago, laying off 1100 people. the fbi raiding solyndra a few days ago, looking for documents on where the money went and asking questions about whether it misled the government when it got that half a billion dollars worth of loans. in washington, lawmakers today are demanding new answers from the obama administration. these are live pictures of -- live pictures of a

hearing on capitol hill. white house memos have now turned up showing staffers inside the administration were warning that this company had money troubles an nonetheless, the loan was made. joining me now, monica crowley, radio talk show host and fox news contributor and alan coomes, host of the alan coomes radio show. okay, panel, today, there are now some ties to the white house on this. we've gotten some e-mails, abc news reported on these showing one, white house budget analyst writing in march of 2009, nine days before the administration formally announced the loan, quote, this deal is not ready for prime time, and just a couple of days before that is correct the chief of staff to the vice president wrote if you guys think this is a bad idea, i need to unwind the west wing quickly. nonetheless, they did give the loan and now the question is, why. should they have known this was not going to be a good deal. let me start with you ton monica. >> at the very tail end of the bush administration, this procedure had started under the bush administration, this company

wanted taxpayer-backed loans. the department of energy under president bush made a recommendation, they actually voted, a credit committee of the doe, actually voted not to go forward with this taxpayer loan to this company. megyn: my understanding is they didn't vote not to do it, they just urged caution. >> the recommendation was tread very carefully because this company is extremely shaky, we need to do more due diligence on this before we can give the go ahead to the taxpayer money, the the obama administration comes in, their omb people as you pointed out megyn were saying whoa, we need more time to go through this because before we commit taxpayer dough we got to make sure it's going to a company that is actually not going to collapse, we need more time on this. the vice president's office, in a number of other e-mails are saying look, the vice president is scheduled to speak at brand new solyndra facility in september '09, you have to get this done before he tkpwoerbgs now we're seeing e-mails saying okay, we got to give this the go ahead and it shows a lot of political influence,

a lot of leaning by this white house and this administration to go ahead with this loan. megyn: how about it alan? the argument in a nutshell is red flags were all over this and the detractors are saying that's because one of the big investors in solyndra was a buttonedler. >> it's also the walton family, big republican contributors in the same company and as ed henry reported as you point out, that it was a yellow flag, not a red flag at the end of the bush administration. the same committee three months later, the very same committee in the doe then approved it or said it's okay to go forward, the very same people, and they then, in fact, went forward with it. so -- >> megyn: why did they do that? because now, the energy department inspector general is criticizing the energy department saying you should have maintained the e-mails that disgus -- discussed how the winner of these loans, including this one, was selected, we should know exactly how you made this deal and that leaves open a question mark about whether the reason this company got this deal was -- >> well, there's been no

proof of that. that's the implication that the obama administration is pay for play. you got it mixed up with rick perry of texas. there's been no proofer that, no reason for that. and the reason we need an answer, biden wanted a photo op, but it was yes or no, we want to know the answer. megyn: i'm the logs show this guy, this buttonedler, who got together donations for president obama and the white house, was visiting the white house, and department of energy officials were sitting in on these board meetings at solyndra and the question is how could they not know. >> how does the white house benefit from this? if the implication is they did this to satisfy some group, i don't know how they benefit it *plt megyn: it seems to me the allegations were some sort of political payback or just negligence in not knowing. >> it may have been negligence but the sail caution came, the bush administration was pushing

forth initially, too, until that yellow light came up, but certainly there's no evidence -- >> this whole thing raises a bigger question, this is what happens when you have government activism in the private sector, when you've got the government going into the private sector and -- >> megyn: how does it create more jobs in the private sector as opposed to pub stphreubg. >> this was taking taxpayer money and pouring money in to it to where the bush administration and obama administration was saying wait, we shouldn't pump money into it and they did it, anyway. what they did was try to make a loser money and turn it into a winner and the taxpayers are out half a billion dollars. megyn: and apparently they needed more money after we gave them the $500 billion loan, then they needed more money and something like $75 billion more came in from preft investors and they allowed them to have private priority -- priority over us. >> some felt the company could be sustainable because the -- >> megyn: but get out of our way, we're the taxpayer. how do they get priority over us?

who would agree to that? >> you know, everybody thought -- >> the government. >> the government wants to really do something, as tom friedman points out, you've got to actually put taxes on coal and sustainable energy, and the right wing wants to stop this towards the move to green energy. that's exactly what they're trying to do. >> we used to have a free market in this country. we have had solar, we've had all the other alternative energies out there, they cannot survive without massive infusion from taxpayer dollars, and even after that, as we see with solyndra, they collapse. megyn: the demand is not there yet is the argument. >> we're paying too much for oil, coal, sustainable energiful only then will there be a demand. >> taxpayer propups of companies and industries that cannot survive on their own. >> megyn: we got to go. we may be out of this 500 billion bucks for now. >> unbelievable. megyn: alan, monica, thank

you very much. it's not going to be the last of this year. >> israel says terrorists are using tunnels to cross from gaza to egypt where they are launching attacks on israeli settlers. we found those tunnels and reena ninan took a dangerous journey to see what was at the other end. she joins us with the powerful story just ahead. >> the man accused of killing his wife seen -- look at him on the left -- having a grand time, laughing, dancing, unbuttoning his shirt. wait until you hear the conversation that went on. the strange story of millionaire bob ward and the trial that's about to go coast to coast. >> and it was an accident, and i will tell you more about it later. but you know, it was a very tragic accident. and other than that, all i wish i could do was go -- myself.

megyn: now to a sto expected to get a lot of attention in the next couple of weeks. a murder trial going on right now in the same courthouse where the casey anthony case just unfolded, millionaire bob ward isuse -- accused of killing his wife diane, she was shot five times in the face in the bedroom of their orlando mansion two years ago, 63-year-old ward told police he was trying to wrestle the gun away from his wife as she tried to commit suicide, but police didn't buy it. take a look at some of the bizarre twists in this case. >> on september 21st, 2009, diane ward was found shot to death in the master bedroom of the mansion she shared with her millionaire husband, bob ward, her death rocks the exclusive orlando neighborhood which golf grates tiger woods and arnold palmer once called home, police say diane suffered a gunshot wound to the face and died at the scene, in a 911 call bob made moments after the shooting police say

statements like these incriminate bob ward, quote, she's dead, she's done, i'm sorry, and it was an accident, the gun just went off. ward was arrested that night and taken to the police station where he called family and friends and told them about diane's death. including this call he made to diane's brother. >> it was diane's death. >> oh no. -- listen, diane is dead. >> no. >> and it's not real pretty right now and nobody knows about it but you. >> well, why? how did it happen? >> well, that's another story. but right now, their mother is dead. i probably can't tell you anything right now other than that she's dead. and it was an accident, and i will tell you more about it later. but you know, it was a very tragic accident. and other than that, all i

wish i could do was go -- [inaudible] >> myself in the head and go on. >> despite the 911 call, police say ward changed his story once they started interrogating him, telling investigators he was actually trying to stop diane from committing suicide when the gun went off. during the interrogation, detectives say ward was smiling and seemed to northbound a good mood, but was clearly also aware he was under suspicion. >> it's like a nightmare, but we probably need to go ahead. >> toxicologist tests showed diane had alcohol and powerful antidepressants in her system before her death. this sensational trial has made big headlines in orlando, not just because of the twists in the case but also because of ward's bizarre behavior. during a jailhouse meeting with his sister-in-law and daughter, ward can be seen dancing and laughing, even pretending to take off his shirt at one point, and then there are exchanges like this one: >> there's money in the account for you to get

stuff, there's all sorts of goodies, you can buy a bra, so i was thinking you'd enjoy that, and hemorrhoid cream, so i think that there's going to be of plenty taken care of. >> bizarre. first i want to correct something i said before we went into that piece. she wasn't shot five times. she told -- he told the dispatcher five times that he had shot his wife, okay? so she was only shot one time. joining me now is judge jeanine pirro, host of "justice with judge jeanine ". so they claim he essentially confessed when he made that 911 call to shooting her and they cite statements like she's dead, she's done, i'm sorry. you say this guy might actually get acquitted. >> you know, it's very interesting, because these statements on first blush appear to be very incriminating, i just sh-t my wife, she's dead, she's done, then all of the sud been he backs off of that when an attorney comes on

the scene and he was like well, it was suicide, we were struggling for the gun, but i think that ultimately if the jury is listening in 4r0r7bd -- in orlando, they will see the trajectory of the bullet is straight, so that even if there were a struggle for the gun and even if he were trying to stop her from committing suicide, the trajectory wouldn't be so straight. megyn: why not, if there were a struggle, if she was trying to shoot herself and he's wrestling with her, why not? >> very unusual it would be that direct, meanwhile, he doesn't have gun shot residue on his hands which could be an indication he washed his hands or maybe the -- >> megyn: can you get gun shot residue off with soap and water? >> you can, no question about it. but it's his behavior, it's the fact that he was about to be de posed by the u.s. bankruptcy court trustee in a tremendous financial investigation that involves his wife and she was going to be deposed as well. megyn: she was going to testify against him in a way that might not be favorable to that? >> we're not sure whether or not it was against him. obviously, there is a husband and wife privilege

but there are ways of getting tarn and a bankruptcy trustee wanted her to testify. so then you've got him saying, you know, i want to shoot myself because of what i just -- what just happened, and the bad blood there, the fact that there's a history of physical violence with his first wife, problems with an ex-girlfriend, i mean, this is bizarre, and for his daughter to be dancing around with him. megyn: what is going on in that jailhouse? crazy! you've an big time d.a. in westchester county and a judge, if you see this tape -- okay, he's got his college-age daughter there, saying i'm going -- i'm going to get you a bra, it's some sort of jailhouse joke, i gather, and look at him, dancing around while his wife is dead, admittedly at his own hand, whether it was an accident or not, what does this tell you and would this be admississippiible? >> i think it would be admissible. the question is how would the jury look at it. clearly, they're not stressed, but it also depends on how long after the death that this occurred. the prosecution feels very

strongly that they have everything 24e need -- they need for a second degree murder conviction, the defense is every bit as confidence as well. and by the way, if your wife just commits suicide and you're struggling with her over the gun, you take the gun and put it back on the night stand? it's almost like you say to yourself, i'm done with it, let me put it away. all bizarre. megyn: i mean, the 911 call, she's dead, she's done, i'm sorry, she's cooked! but he could be just a bizarre person and not a person guilty of murder. you know, that's what that tape suggests. >> well, that's the argument we hear every day, that you know, the behavior doesn't mean they're a murderer. megyn: what about, could you talk about -- can they figure out where the gun shot came from? because i know the prosecution was arguing she was shot from over a foot away and that would undermine his claim that it was all an accident and that she was basically shooting herself, she was trying to shoot herself, they're saying there was a good distance between the gun and the de seedent, which means

there may have been a shooter pulling the trigger. >> what i have here, actually i was just looking at that, i do have the supplements to the autopsy report which says -- let's see, i think it's 6-12 -- oh, 6 inches, less than 30 inches, and if that were the case, if he's pulling her arm, i mean, this arm is almost 30 inches, so i don't know if it's so indicative. we know that she had stipling on her face and therefore it was close, but it was at her hands or his? >> megyn: the jury -- the jury will tell us. >> they will. megyn: judge, thank you, ma'am. coming up, the gop scored a major win as republicans take the tap spot in two elections. coming up in five minutes, one of the big winners.

megyn: a long island mom is arrested for bringing her

daughter to a school yard fight, but police say she did a whole lot more than just that. you can hear the woman in the background, apparently egging these girls on, and investigators say when another child told her to break up the fight, the situation turned even uglier. trace gallagher with this report from our west coast newsroom. >> reporter: it is craziness, megyn, this is a 12-year-old girl apparently having a dispute with some other girl on facebook ove either a boy, say some or just a personality conflict, so the the mom grabs her 12-year-old, takes her to the school and starts the fight. listen to this, the girl is actually the ringside announcer, and if you missed it, she said let's get ready to rumble! kind of like michael buffer. you can see the girls go at it. here's the thing, the girl she was having the dispute over facebook over wasn't the girl who showed up so this is a totally separate girl and the mom is still in the background saying get her, get her, fight her. oh, but it gets worse than that, another girl says to the mother, you have to stop the fight, you have to stop the fight, and the mother doesn't, instead, she

starts, and if you show this video, hitting the other girl, the other 12-year-old, she starts kicking her, she starts spitting on her, and kneeing her several times. that's the mom. her name is daphne mellon, 32 years old. here's another mom who witnessed the whole thing on video. play this. >> she was cheering the fight on, egging her daughter on. she should be ashamed of the mother, and we should stop our kids from doing this stuff, not take them there to fight. >> clearly the mother was arrested and charged. the mom claims that her daughter wasn't having a dispute, that she was bullied repeatedly on facebook and that she tried to get help but nobody helped her daughter. schools say that is not the way to resolve that kind of a matter. ugly. megyn: you think? thank you very much, buddy, see you trace. new developments today with the woman they are calling the bernie madoff of politics, one person accused of wiping out a handful of campaign accounts for some

very powerful democrats, including one of the best known names in the u.s. senate. wait until you hear what this woman was doing. a live report, three minutes away. plus, big developments today on the labor dispute that turned violent on the west coast. we'll tell you what's happening to some of these workers. plus, a mother donate as kidney to help save her son, then loses her job in the process. turns out you have to take some time off to go do that. kelly's court takes up the case. >> any parent in the world would do that for her son if they said your son needs your heart, you would do this in a second. i would say i don't care, do it. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tting little o's

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megyn: a fox news alert on the woman being called the bernie madoff of politics. millions of dollars of campaign

fund may be been wiped out. congresswoman loretta sanchez, and the diane feinstein. a woman admitted to misusing funds from high-profile clients and it has been going on for years. aany a vogel live in los angeles with what some of these politicians are saying is dire for their coffers. >> reporter: we are talking about this woman, she is a veteran democratic treasurer who was trusted to handle millions. her burbank offices are closed. it says the staff is temporarily unavailable. california regulators have

ordered the firm to stop providing accounting services noaght that it is not licensed and has no licensed accountsants on staff. she was a person everyone relied on. >> worked quietly. was never a big showboat. never one to go to events and press the flesh. she just kind of did her job. but little did we know what was going on behind those office doors. >> no one knew, including senator dianne feinstein. she has no idea how much she has left. the same for loretta sanchez and susan day industries from california. they both say they were hit. susan davis believes she is missing $250,000. as for senator feinstein, her campaign tells fox news, what the ultimate damage is we ju

don't know. taking anything as a positive in this situation, dianne feinstein is a good fundraiser and she'll be able to premen i shall this. they don't have any access to their accounts. but during rkee had access -- but durkee had access to 400 accounts and according to the complaints she was using those accounts to shop at costco, making mortgage payments and covering her payroll. megyn: a new fallout from two big wins for the gop. first there was new york where votessers in queens and brooklyn are d where voters are sending a republican to represent hemth congress for the first time since the roaring 20s. in nevada another special

election with the gop coming out the winner. mr. amodei is my guest now. sir, thank you for being here. congratulations to you. >> thanks, nice to talk to you. this is a district that was expected to go republican. this seat has been held by a republican since the first election in that districts in 1982. the national and state democrats did not bother to spend any money on the race. the democrats say this win of yours doesn't mean anything in terms of the national outlook on politics. what say you? >> if you are looking towards 2012 with this being on the doorstep of it for the heller-burkeman race, it means a lot. we did well in a bellwether county for nevada. i'm sure they are checking their

cards to figure out what they are going to do to get northern nevada back. megyn: even though republican voters outnumbered democrats by 30,000. in the 2008 presidential race, president obama almost beat john mccain down there. he lost this district by 89 votes. so president obama was very, very competitive. which is why some people say the fact that you defeated the democrat in this district so handily -- i take the latest numbers they were -- you tell me. >> they are shy of 22 points. folks are saying how does this swing from president obama almost beating the republican to you with that decisive victory. >> people in nevada are tired of the way things have been going. they don't think the answer to the question is the federal government needs to get bigger. they right the administration's way and the majority leader's

way and it isn't working and they want a new plan and new representation. megyn: when you were talking to folks in your district, including democrats, what were they telling you matters them and why do you believe democrats to the extent they voted for you instead of your democratic opponent did so. >> they are for fiscal responsibility. that definition may be different for everybody. but borrowing 40 cents of every dollar. a state that leads the nation in unemployment. they are getting absolutely no comfort when you talk about the private sector looking for predictability and stability. and they want that to stop. twhament they wer--has' what thg about. megyn: president obama won nevada by a 12-point victory and

many democrats believed? '08 that your state nevada was turning blue. that this would become a blue state the democrats could count on including 2012. >> i think this is a good sign for the republican presidential contenders. i spoke with mitt romney. he called to congratulate me. i can say that camp is very excited about the returns last night based on what the president did here in 2008. and they are looking forward to nevada, the battle ground state that can be red in 2012. megyn: thank you so much for coming on. all the best to you. the race is on to secure the afghan capital following a deadly 20-hour assault in the heart of kabul. attack comes as the united states begins to withdraw its troops. insurgents barricaded themselves inside of several official

buildings including the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters. the gun battle left 27 people dead including civilians and afghan police officers. there are worries terrorists are using tunnels to cross from gaza to egypt where they then launch attacks on israeli settlers. we found those tunnels. reena ninan took a trip there to see. >> reporter: they conducted an attack last month that left eight dead. we drove to the town along the gaza-egypt border avoiding checkpoints. we arrive at a tunnel where they are vows smugglers await. we try to see how easy it would be to get smuggled into egypt. israel believes militants were

brought in through tunnels like this to launch an attack that left 8 dead. then they lowered me 50 feet under the ground. these tunnels are usually used to smuggle in goods and construction supplies. but sometimes they are used to smuggle in people. if i walk 20 minutes underground i'll end up in egypt. you feel claustrophobic, it's incredibly hot. as i walked i asked one of the young smugglers to help us get to egypt. no, no, no, they shout. they are worried about being caught. they will shut down their tunnels, their only source of income. as we were filming israeli jets could be heard above us. we just have been told hamas

wants to know why i'm here, a woman. women aren't allowed to near these tunnels. as we return to the car hamas security awaits us and orders us to leave. they don't want anyone filming these areas. hamas controls everything and they didn't want us fist manying there. megyn: the white house says it's concerned about misinformation being spread about the obama administration so they launched a new web site called attack watch. is this fact checking or something more troubling. plus chaz bono makes his debut on dancing with the stars, paired up with a woman despited the fact that he's still technically female. our in-house psychiatrist says you should not let your children watch. dr. keith ablow with us on that.

unions sack a major port. today legal fallout for some of those long shoremen. >> i understand their concern with their labor dispute. but when it gets to this violence, it's not good for anybody. w

megyn: forecast *. a flight carrying ruth bader ginsburg has been vac rated after engine trouble. the fire department is checking the plane. they have not found any fire. they say that passengers were evacuated by deploying the chutes which is quite an image to think of one of our supreme court justices leaving the plane by the emergency chute. justice ginsberg is a tiny woman. but the press office of the

supreme court is confirming she was on the flight and she was evacuated safely. she is currently waiting to resume her travel to san francisco. we are glad that she, justice ginsberg in her 70s along with the other passengers, is okay. a rests following a violent labor dispute on the west coast. this was the scene in washington state. hundreds of long storemen. these are the guys that -- long shoremen raiding a port. security guard were attacked and held hostage for hours. rail cars were vandalized. fresh grain was destroyed. no one was taken into city at the time. now that's changed. we did this on "kelly's court" last friday. i thought the email was going to overflow with people who weighed in. >> reporter: two people have been arrested. there could be more arrests coming.

we haven't seen labor unrest like this in a long time. a judge said this protests got so bad that the long shoremen have no defense for these violent tactics. they wanted to get the jobs at the grain house. but the company decided to use non-union workers. but after protests they said we'll use unions, but not you guys. not the long shoremen. that led to the protests. security guards were assaulted. you had fences torn down. the brake lines on the train were cut, and after analyzing the video, a local television station identified one of the guys and confronted him. listen to this. >> hey, hey, get your [bleep] camera out of here. it's none of your business. unless you want trespassing get the [bleep] out of here now. get out of here now.

don't [bleep] with me, partner. >> probably not your next guest on "kelly's court." wants nothing to do with the media. he wasn't happy with the cameraman there. megyn: the cameraman, no problem, i'm out of here. >> reporter: got your picture, we'll see if you court. he did get arrested. burglary, assault, you can line up the charges. megyn: one of them talked about how they somehow managed to dump a huge pile of manure on the site by airplane. that's the kind of thing will get you called to the police. >> reporter: the brake lines on the train is bad and dangerous. other stuff not as dangerous, but very well orchestrated which is why the judge said wow, that's why they are look at the video saying we want more of these people arrested. they are not getting those jobs at the grain terminal in

washington state. megyn: that's generally not the way to get hired in my experience. when we had that solyndra debate we were talking about the loan made to this company. i was saying 500 billion. that was a misstatement. it's $535 million. my apologies. sometimes the bs and the ms. we ran the dramatic video yesterday of strangers saved the life of a 21-year-old. a motorist was trapped under a car. his motorcycle on fire a foot away. in less than a week chaz bono will make his debut on "dancing with the stars," but dr. keith ablow is saying you should not let your children watch. she donated a kidney to her son

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>> new developments in that dramatic rescue. a group of strangers lifted up a burning car and pulled up a motorcyclist. now we are hearing the 911 calls made as the drama was unfolding. >> it looks like someone may be under the vehicle. the car is burning.

megyn: that motorcyclist is in the hospital with broken bones and burns. the driver of the car suffered minor injuries. in less than a week a new season of dancing with the stars begins. celebrities get paired up with professional dancer and compete each week for the title. the cast for this season has plenty of big names including chaz bono. she was born chastity bono. she takes hormones and now lives her life as a man. dr. keith ablow wrote an editorial suggesting parents should not let their parents watch and since then there has been a lot of reaction.

dr. ablow, i read your piece. in it you say it is a toxic and unnecessary by-product of the tragic celebration of transgender surgery. millions of people will watch this and start asking questions like maybe i'm not a tomboy, maybe i'm just a boy. do you really believe children are going to turn transgender from watching chaz bono? >> i really believe, megyn, and there is plenty of data that wet we kindle behavior in one another. if a friend of yours gets divorced and says how happy she is, that will kindle divorce for you. megyn: is that the same as convincing you are a boy when you are a girl? >> we don't know how behaviors influence people when they are main streamed and celebrated. but i would say during the

vulnerable times when kids are forming their identities, yes, it's possible that if someone is celebrated and lifted to heroic proportions like that of a civil rights leader, somebody who is somewhat uncomfortable with his or her gender would say i'm going down that road. that is a torturous road we know very little about. megyn: i don't know if allowing him to dance is lifting him to heroic. >> you should check out the web. it's like the second coming of gandhi. megyn: . the.

the president of the american psychiatric association says there is no evidence of this. so aren't you being irresponsible by suggesting to parents out there that if they let their little children watch this show they will turn transgender? >> no, i'm protecting their children. i have a call into john. i would like to clarify that there is no evidence that watching will not cause problems for your kids in terms of their sexual identities. along with the brouhaha around this hat suggests this is a popular coue. we are not very far away from when paul mccue provided lipo suction for anorexic people. you don't have to collaborate in people's psychopathology to be their doctors. megyn: it's a recognized disorder. somebody with expertise in this

area of psychiatry, dr. jack dresser. also a member of the dsm5 on sexual and gender identity disorders says you are irresponsible here in saying the audience is entitled to accurate scientific knowledge rather than opinions, scare tactics and inflammatory language. >> here is the thing. i like being with the home team on this so you will give me time to explain. the dsm5 working group. organized psychiatry has preside over the decimation of psychotherapy. that book that he's involved with has spliced and diced the range of human experiences to such sterile categories that they yielded to political pressures throughout the years.

megyn: are you say he doesn't understand this disorder better than you do? >> i don't know which one of us understands more about these disorders. megyn: he specialized in it. >> it's too simplistic to suggest the american describing association which embraced lobotomies for a time ... megyn: i think you get our children are no more likely to turn transgender from watching bono then they are to turn gay from watching will and grace? >> i have no idea what the statistics would show nor am i proposing they do become homosexual from watching will and grace. the idea that you would suggest to a child who may come to have questions about his or her gender that a very defensible

path and one that has been celebrated in the media in which people have given standing ovations to people who have judge gone these transformations i think is irresponsible. megyn: isn't it just tolerance? there is so much -- there is so much hate, there is so much hate out there. for gaze and lesbians and transgender people. the thing is, doc, you seem to be adding to the hate. you went out there and compared chaz bono to somebody who thinks they are a zebra and farm animal. this person struggled mightily with the disorder. >> you have got to review the transcript. i was on howard stern and i said to him, if you tattooed yourself like a zebra i'm not going to throw a rock at you. but if you ask me are you a zebra i would say no. i would say to chaz bono if he

asked me, am i a man? i would say no, brother, you are not. megyn: we will leave it at that. all the best. we are taking your thoughts on it at welly@foxnews.com. a -- as the kelly@foxnews.com. a mother gives her son her kidney but it cost her her job. the white house says it's concerned about misinformation being spread about the obama administration. it launched a new web site called attack watch. is this an exercise in fact watching or something more troubling. ♪ [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk.

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healthcare debate when the people remember this -- if you see anything fishy, they say, if you gets an email or see something on the web that seems fishy send it to -- then the email address which is essentially white house at doubt gov. is this bad or is it less questionable. >> this falls somewhere between richard nixons enemies list and the east german's secret police the stazi. the president is calling on americans by the millions to report to the government on their neighbors. to instorm on their neighbors, friends and co-workers about political speech that might be offensive to our leadership in washington so that they can take action. it's at a bare minimum creepy.

it smacks of an enemy's list and there is a riff -- old soviet style monitoring of your neighbors and their political speech. megyn: how bits, chris testify. the web site is in red and black. is it scary to you? >> one of these days chris and i are going to write a movie, is eloquence in painting obama as a red cal that wants to control speech is so good. it's what bill clinton did in the 90s, rapid response for a new generation. there is a lot of misinformation out there. we heard it at the republican debate. the stimulus didn't create a single job. healthcare will end medicare as we know it. the stimulus created 3 million jobs and saved countless others. there will be lots of improvements to our healthcare system because of the healthcare bill.

but that's not what you are hearing out on the political campaign trail. right now you are hearing a lot of other things. he's encouraging people to sign up to this web site and it will. megyn: it will generate talking points. what is wrong with that, chris? >> what's wrong with that? the president of the united states and his committee to re-elect creep, this stinks. this is essentially un-american. this is calling on americans to monitor the speech of their neighbors and co-workers and report that speech. honestly the dropdown menu on this black and red web site calls on people to report emails that have been forward. rumors they have heard. television interviews. it reeks. it stinks. no american president -- this is not rapid response to rumors and

bad information like during the clinton administration. they are trying to raise an army. if you read the email, one of the great ironies, they launch a smear against the koch brothers in their emails and republican sponsors and millionaires in their email. megyn: i have to interject an important point. james rosen, who says nixon never requested nor saw his enemies list. it was puts together by overzealous aides without knicks on touching its. you guys tried to smear richard nixon and james rosen caught you on it. >> i have come around on richard nixon especially with this new batch of republicans. every campaign i have ever worked on has had something saying, let's watch out for

what's going on. let's figure out who is saying what so we can respond to it and puts our troops out there. that's what this is. we are going to get emails. we are going to get emails that say all sort of nasty things weather presidents. the president wants to know -- this campaign wants to know what they are so they can respond to it. this is not spying on your neighbors. >> it's raising an army of citizens to spy on their neighbors and report it to the highest levels of government. this is not for a new generation. this is an old generation. this is nothing new. this is spying on your neighbors. and reporting it to the government. >> no one is asking you to spy on your neighbors. megyn: chris, how is it asking you to spy on your neighbors. we had the web site say sphg you gets a fishy email then sinltds to the white house. but this doesn't say that. that was for chris, then i'll

get to you responds. >> if you go to the dropdown menu on the black and red web site you will finds they are looking for anything from a blog, from an email that was forward or rumor you have heard. an interview on television. maybe somebody sitting next to you at the waffle house who called him barack hussein obama. maybe get their license plate. it's creepy. >> maybe because i'm five years younger than you i have more comfort level with the electronic media. it seems that's the way campaigns are run now by email and blog >> maybe because i'm 5 years older i remember the soviet union. megyn: he's going to report you right now. attack watch do th.com.

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one thing they did spend more on is filling up their gas tanks. "kelly's court," on the docket. cut loose to give the gift of life. in one year claudia lost her in other and uncle, then her son suffered kidney failure. through it all she showed up at work every day until she found out she was a match to donate a kidney. so she took medical leave. >> i was a good employee. whenever they hired anybody new i was there to train a new person. any parents in the world would do that. if they said your son needs your heart, you would give it in a second. megyn: she goes back to work and finds out her company replaced her. hiring someone else to do her job, even though she was on leave for less than 3 months. when reporters started asking

questions, this was the company's response >> do you get how distasteful this looks to people? >> we are abiding by a policy and procedure. as a business that's what we have to do. megyn: is he right? joining me now, former prosecutor jonna spilbor and lis weihl. now we have an update. our local fox affiliate was the one covering this and getting in thee company's business. trying to ask them why they did this to poor claudia. they didn't want to talk. now they have come out after this fox affiliate called attention to it and said, all right. we'll pay her her salary with a catch. we are not giving her a job back. we'll give her a salary until another position opens up and she is still saying that am nota

i.>> her employer apparently isa small business under 50 employees. so the family medical leave act doesn't protect her. it more protects the business. so they don't have to -- it was good of them to offer to put her on paid leave now. but legally they don't have to and she can't sue. megyn: this is because the family medical leave act -- they are familiar with this -- the law requires if you work for a company under certain circumstances, it has to have more than 50 employees. they have to give you 12 weeks off. but her company has less than 50 employees. so sit' not covered. what's her argument? >> she can make a lot of different arguments. i found a pennsylvania supreme court case on point where i'm quoting here. they say that terminating goes

to heart of a citizen's right, duties and responsibilities. that's illegal. i think giving a kidney to her son goes to the heart of her doubties and responsibilities. i would even argue her right. what happened actually before she left the employer gave her a letter and said you sign this letter. this letter says you may not have a job when you come back. what was she going to do, not sign it? megyn: if they did go to her and make her sign that letter, did the company even need to do that to preserve its right to fire her? >> i would say no, but you can't anticipate where there might be backlash. even if she doesn't have a legal leg to stand on, it's garnering attention now. they probably anticipated she would make some noise and try to sue. megyn: forget the family medical

leave act, let me ask you this. even though they are company only has 35 employees, are they still allowed to fire her if she becomes disabled? normally you can't fire somebody if they become an alcoholic because the law protects them. >> the americans with disabilities act applies to employers with 15 or more employees. she says she has been going through all this. she had back pain, then severe emotional distress. severe emotional distress counts as a short-term disability. she has a great case under the americans with disabilities act. megyn: not only did she have to give her kidney to her son. but she lost her mother, uncle, her father diagnosed with through deem yeah and her son needs a kidney. she has a good case for emotional distress. >> when you don't have the

resources to sort of spread the work around, you have to protect the business. if they have -- you are right, if she makes a disability claim she is going to win. but under the family medical leave act she is not. so there is a weird area there. but what's the company to do. granted she had a lot of personal atrocities. megyn: get a temp worker. >> it teaches would-be mechanics how to fix planes. i don't know what she did at the company. can't they get a temp worker for her, just to be compassionate? >> she didn't even use up the 12 weeks. they could have gotten somebody for the 12 weeks for her. megyn: let's take it back to the legal thing. intentional infliction of emotional distress? take it outside of the employment claim >> there is no malice on the part of the employer

>> the letter they made her sign before she left. >> they probably made her sign the company policy when she got the job. they do that with everybody. that's not singling her out. megyn: how can she sue now that the company is going pay her her salary >> they are not guaranteeing her that she'll get that job back. she is not guaranteed she'll get the job megyn: they said they made a mistake and she'll be paid her full salary until another position opened up at the company. the company was within its legal rights but that don't make what it did right.

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kidnapper. arrested in 1998 for kidnapping four girls and taking them across state lines is now apparently trying to make amend by running for the school board. how is this possible? >> reporter: it many possible because the rules say all you have to do to run for school board is be 18 years old, be a u.s. citizen and not have a criminal record. she was a long-time teacher in northern california but she was distraught over what was happening up there. so she took a leave of absence. went to illinois and she said the same thing was going on in schools there. so to save those four girls she kidnapped them, tookhem across state lines, they were quickly recovered but she was not convicted. instead she was sent to a mental hospital. now 15 years later she is running for school board. listen to her. >> i made a mistake and i paid

for it. i was put away for a while. i just wanted to do good. no harm to students. i wouldn't say that i'm cured. i would say that i'm stable. >> reporter: her slogan is my name is alveena. a lot of parents are not going to vote for her >> reporter: would you vote for her? >> no i would not. and i would recommend nobles either >> me as a citizen or parent, there is no way. >> reporter: but the school board says she qualifies and the vote officers they want to weigh in can do so at the ballot box. we looked at the race. it looks like she is going to get in. megyn: with i'm not cured, i'm stable? only in california. >> reporter: nobody is running for school board. if you run -- you know ...

megyn: i'm not cured but i'm stable. all right. thank you, trace. wow! send your thoughts on it to kelly@foxnews.com. today jury selection in the case of after man charged with murdering his wife. captioning made possible by fox news network

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